To gamble, according to Webster -- with an assist from his pit boss, Merriam -- is “to play a game for money or property.” If NFL Commissioner Roger “The Tinkerer” Goodell has his way, dictionaries should go the way of the extra point.

I’ve said it before and will say it again (and again): The NFL is the giant, $10-billion monster it is today because of gambling, and the bazillions that are bet (mostly illegally) each football season. For what other reason would people outside their base melieus watch Jaguars vs. Browns? It’s called a rooting interest.

The NFL of course refuses to acknowledge this inarguable fact, although bookies police the sport. Privately, the NFL has to love it; its games are nearly impossible to fix. If there’s an inkling of a problem, the game is pulled off the board. Publically, however, wagering is tantamount to treason.

Over the years, fantasy football has become all the rage, something The League has endorsed. In Goodell’s book, fantasy is OK, but if you get down on the Chargers plus-6, it’s a catastrophe. He doesn’t consider fantasy to be wagering.

“Fantasy’s a different issue for us,” Roger was telling CNBC. “We see families getting together. They’re competing against one another. And it a fun forum for our fans to engage in the game.”

Families? A fun forum? Sure, just like a church social. Fantasy leagues are cutthroat, and I don’t care if its nuns vs. priests. These are the same families that can’t afford to get into games and have to fear the ultra-stupid blackout rule.

I don’t know in which sterile cookoo’s nest Goodell was raised, but fantasy football is wagering. When money changes hands over sporting events, it is gambling. Why would anyone get involved in fantasy for soda crackers?

When I think about it, fantasy may be worse for the NFL because no one oversees it. Players are involved in fantasy and we guess their leagues don’t involve chump change. I’m not saying it happens, but how are we to know if a player does something to abet a fantasy wager, especially a scoundrel on a team going nowhere?

This is wagering. Period. Roger’s living in his own, cockeyed fantasy world and gambling with the truth. …

Goodell keeps tinkering. Now he’s talking of eliminating the extra point. This guy’s never heard of ain’t broke don’t fix it. Leave the game alone …

Doing away with the XP may shorten games? Do you believe anyone watching an NFL game -- especially those betting on one -- cares if it lasts an extra 10 minutes? Football ain’t baseball …

Of course, if it should trickle down to college ball, eliminating the extra point could be a blessing for San Diego State. The 2013 Aztecs missed one more extra point (six) than NFL kickers did (5) the entire season. Remarkable …

Goodell also sees The League looking into using medical marijuana for concussions. I thought all marijuana was medicinal …

I can see it now, after a big win, stoned players dumping a bucket of Doritos on a coach’s head …

When told the Broncos might use the Jets’ practice facility during Super Bowl week, Rex Ryan said: “It could be worse -- it could be New England.” Gotta love that guy, who probably never says: “We do what’s best for our football team.” …

I thought more of Richard Sherman before he apologized and didn’t mean it …

Sherman’s rant was tremendous. The hypocritical sports media types who complained will be the same sports media types lined up 20-deep in an attempt to hear his musings during Super Bowl week …

A record 5,200 “accredited media” credentials have been issued for this Super Bowl. The NFL would credential Kim Jong-un. Last two to make the cut: Jack Frost and Kris Kringle …

They finally found something worse than the Pro Bowl -- the Pro Bowl Draft show on NFL Network. I watched a bit of it, in-between bouts of waterboarding …

Thanks to Warren Buffett, I plan to be a billionaire following the NCAA Basketball Tournament and join Bill Center in retirement …

What Buffet should do is offer $1 billion to anyone who gets every game wrong in his or her brackets. At least, that’s what I’m hoping he eventually will do …